Todd Waller is a senior research associate with the NEAR laboratory at ERAU, Daytona Beach, FL. He was awarded an Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Army in 1988 and received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Aerospace Studies and a Masters of Aeronautical Science Degree, specializing in Operations. Mr. Waller has worked for a Washington D.C. based aviation consulting firm where he performed modeling and simulation work for the FAA, as well as ZKC airspace redesign and ATL runway analysis. In January 1998 Mr. Waller was hired by Delta Air Lines as an Air Traffic Management Specialist, where he performed modeling, simulation, operational research, and acted as a liaison between the FAA and the airline. Specifically, he completed a JFK operat...